[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs Elite
on 11/2/04 4:40 AM, Al Bond at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Berry Ives wrote: It seems like I have heard of grain aliasing issues, or somesuch. I am printing at 1440 dpi on watercolor paper with an Epson 2200. A couple of points. Firstly, the Elite 5400 has a grain disolver feature which puts a diffuser in the light path. Going by some review sites on the web, it does make a beneficial difference to the visibility of grain. The down side is that it does extend the scan time. Also, grain aliasing seems to be worse on scanners with a resolution in the 2700-2800 ppi range. Scanning at a higher resolution is reported to be much better. (I can't speak from experience on this as I don't have the Elite 5400, just the original Elite.) Even if the resolution is greater than you need, you can scan at full resolution and then downsample afterwards. This, plus the grain dissolver, should give you much better results than the Dual IV, although it would probably be much slower. Of course, the Elite 5400 also has ICE which can come in handy. Al Bond -- -- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body Al, Thanks for that info. Regarding the 2700-2800 ppi range where you say the grain aliasing is reportedly worst, the Scan Dual IV, at 3200 ppi, is beyond that range. I am wondering if anyone has had any specific experience with the SD-IV where aliasing has been a problem. Berry Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Neat Image with Nikon scanners?
Since there is now a Mac version of the Neat Image plugin, I have been looking at their product info page http://www.neatimage.com/mac/index.html They don't provide a noise profile for the Nikon film scanners. I would be interested in reading comments from any Wintel users who have tried Neat Image with an LS-4000 or other Nikon scanners. Are the results better than what can be achieved with the noise/grain reduction tools in VueScan and Photoshop CS? -- Julian Vrieslander [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Neat Image with Nikon scanners?
From: Julian Vrieslander [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since there is now a Mac version of the Neat Image plugin, I have been looking at their product info page http://www.neatimage.com/mac/index.html They don't provide a noise profile for the Nikon film scanners. I would be interested in reading comments from any Wintel users who have tried Neat Image with an LS-4000 or other Nikon scanners. Are the results better than what can be achieved with the noise/grain reduction tools in VueScan and Photoshop CS? With the Nikon 8000, NikonScan, Fuji Velvia 50 and Reala, I found NeatImage to be nothing other than amazing. As long as your image has a relatively large smooth area, it can figure out a profile. It did have one minor problem: processing a 645 scan took 25 minutes. Ouch. So it has not been part of my workflow. Since then, they claim they've speeded it up, and I've bought a new computer that's quite a bit faster, so I'm planning on trying again. My basic take is that high-res film scans need noise reduction, and NeatImage does a good job. There's also NoiseNinja that a lot of peole like, but I don't know if it has a MAC version. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Neat Image with Nikon scanners?
I scan by LS-40. Since NI evaluation and purchase I found one a little bit more effective for grain smoothing then the GEM. Slightly smoother performance and a touch less impact on sharpness. However, if detail sharpness is critical, it may still have certain impact on one. I figured for my uses NI is most appropriate for portraiture to smooth out less then perfect skin appearance and smoothign the grain in the background (especially when it is a single toned area such as sky). Certainly, there is a small impact to sharpness if you would examine very closely, but very bearable for portraiture and easily compensated by a touch of USM. It takes time or processing and 100% of CPU resources, not the speed king (having said that I have yet upgraded to a newest version), but when needed producec stunning results (especially for women's eyes :-) ). Regards, Alex --- Julian Vrieslander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since there is now a Mac version of the Neat Image plugin, I have been looking at their product info page http://www.neatimage.com/mac/index.html They don't provide a noise profile for the Nikon film scanners. I would be interested in reading comments from any Wintel users who have tried Neat Image with an LS-4000 or other Nikon scanners. Are the results better than what can be achieved with the noise/grain reduction tools in VueScan and Photoshop CS? -- Julian Vrieslander [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
